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Meanings of dirty work in English

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Usage of dirty work in English
1
It agreed, in other words, to do Milosevic's bidding and dirty work.
After the Rain : how the West lost the East
2
Powerful technique if you can find enough bodies for the dirty work.
Terminal Compromise
3
He'd sent the Injuns on ahead fer to do his dirty work.
In the Days of Poor Richard
4
No, she was not to stir a finger towards the dirty work.
Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life
5
Cleansing is always dirty work for the cleaners, as every housemaid knows.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chapters I to XIV
6
She thinks of old times, and goes out to hard dirty work.
The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories
7
Monty beckoned to the Baganda who had once done Schillingschen's dirty work.
The Ivory Trail
8
Who will do the dirty work, and the dangerous work, under Socialism?
Socialism: A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles
9
He is a sort of detective pimp, does all their dirty work.
Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist; Or, Dudie Dunne Agai...
10
He wouldn't sell himself for the gang's dirty work-hemade honest reports.
The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot
11
It was going to be heavy, dirty work, but he wasn't sorry.
Faerie Wars
12
I'll not do his dirty work for him, at least not yet.
Quest for honour
13
Her sister's distaste for housekeeping could turn this job into dirty work.
Our little secret
14
Heavy dirty work would take his mind off things for a while.
Faerie Wars
15
Instead, I had allowed fate to do my dirty work for me.
The Pariah
16
And he were a-lettin' Daddy be hung for his own dirty work!
Tess of the Storm Country
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Dirty work through the time
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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Ireland
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